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List of Lepidoptera that feed on rhododendrons
Rhododendron
species
are used as
food plants
by the
larvae
of some species of the order
Lepidoptera
, including:
Coleophoridae
* Several
Coleophora
case-bearer
species:
**
C. ledi
**
C. multicristatella
-
recorded
on
R. canadense
**
C. vacciniella
- recorded on
R. hirsutum
Geometridae
*
Engrailed
*
Mottled beauty
*
Scalloped hazel
*
Winter moth
Lymantriidae
*
Gypsy moth
- only as a
food plant
of
last resort
during
outbreak
conditions
Noctuidae
*
Copper underwing
*
Dun-bar
*
Gothic
*
Svensson's copper underwing
Saturniidae
*
Actias
selene
*
Attacus
atlas